It states that he grabbed the attackers hand, pinned him to the counter then wrenched the knife from his hand...a second knife was drawn and the attacker ended up pinned to the floor. I'm curious if they had counters back in the day

I'm a little surprised the guy didn't kill him during the disarm to be honest. To have one knife pulled on you is bad enough, but two? As Genghis said it's a very important question to add to the 'what if?' pile with these situations. Up until now I always assumed people would carry one weapon for some strange reason - an assumption that could have landed me in a whole heap of . If you assume that they have more weapons then that changes the whole dynamic of the disarm.Therefore I think the technique following a successful initial disarm should be something along the lines of 'Release the Kraken...'

Any situation where you can't leave and/or are concerned the attacker will try and have another go would be the same...I'd suspect that any drunk/drugged attacker isn't going to stop just because you've thrown them to the ground, unless that throw lands them on their head.

nry wrote:I'd suspect that any drunk/drugged attacker isn't going to stop just because you've thrown them to the ground, unless that throw lands them on their head.

One of my instructors had an attacker in a standing armbar, the guy had that many drugs in his system he stood up out of it, breaking his own arm in the process, and then started punching with the other arm.

Frightening.

If you can't do it with a fag or a shot glass in your other hand, it's not a proper judo hold.